Neville Goddard on Hosea 8:9-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 8 in context

Scripture Focus

9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

10Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

Hosea 8:9-10

Biblical Context

Verse 8:9-10 describes Israel seeking Assyria and other nations, hiring lovers, and then God promises to gather them, giving a brief sorrow for the burden of worldly princes.

Neville's Inner Vision

This reading invites you to see Ephraim as a part of your own self that seeks security in outward powers; Assyria and hired lovers are the habits of dependence and fear. The wild, solitary donkey pictures a consciousness estranged from its unity. When God says He will gather them, He speaks of the inward act of uniting your faculties under the I AM—awareness itself. The 'burden of the king of princes' is the weight of believing the world rules your life through external kingdoms. By turning attention away from the spectacle of outside alliances and toward the inner I AM, you dissolve these attachments and awaken a quiet sovereignty. Your life rearranges itself as you imagine from the end: not struggling with forces outside, but accepting your oneness with the divine I AM, which gathers and orders all things according to your present consciousness.